The Graduate and Professional Student Government hosts a wide variety of events throughout the year! 

GPSG Meetings Fall 2025

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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)
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Legislative Meeting

Black Box Theater (360 IMU)

GPSG Events

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Events Around Campus

Restoring the Sacred: A Native Youth and Healing Symposium promotional image

Restoring the Sacred: A Native Youth and Healing Symposium

Tuesday, September 16 to Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (all day)
Drury Inn and Suites
Through sessions on intergenerational healing, culturally grounded interventions, and trauma-informed leadership, this two-day event focuses on what has been sacred all along: the strength, wisdom, and resilience of Native communities. Join us in a space of truth-telling, renewal, and collective power that emphasizes healing pathways rooted in tradition, heritage, and connection.Who should attend:• Students and professionals in behavioral, public, tribal/urban Indian, and community health• Pre-K...
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Course Accessibility For Everyone (CAFÉ): Full Blend

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 8:30am to 10:00am
Virtual
Course Accessibility for Everyone (CAFÉ) will help you make your ICON course site accessible to all your students. We'll focus on how to improve usage of headings, tables, color contrast, alternative text, and more. By making these simple changes to your ICON site, you're making your course accessible for everyone.This offering combines content from previous CAFÉ sessions into a single extended session.Register for event.The Office of Teaching, Learning, and Technology provides expertise, tools...

REDCap Advanced Training

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
This is the fourth step in the REDCap training series. In this training we will cover advanced features such as: Importing data from a CSV file Ways to customize your data entry experience with form display logic Making your forms more dynamic and personalized with context aware smart variables Sending automated, conditional email alerts Ensuring data is high quality by executing data quality rules, creating data 'missingness' codes, and opening data queries Register by clicking the...

AI Prompting (Beginner): Crafting the Basics

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 10:30am to 11:30am
Virtual
Unlock the full potential of generative artificial intelligence tools by learning the art of effective prompting in this foundational training session. Participants will learn key principles of crafting clear, concise and contextually relevant prompts to get the best responses from an AI tool. This session will cover basic best practices for a beginner level of knowledge in prompting, including administrative tasks, academic support and research help, while also identifying common pitfalls and...
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Study Abroad Fair

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 11:00am to 3:00pm
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
Discover short-term and semester study and internship programs that let you earn academic credit while immersing yourself in new cultures. Connect with study abroad advisors, faculty program directors, former participants, and academic advisors to see how international experiences can enhance your time at UI!
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Food Truck Tuesdays at the Iowa Research Park: El Gringo Loco

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 11:30am to 1:30pm
UI Bioventures Center
Join us on Tuesday, Sept. 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for Food Truck Tuesdays at the Research Park featuring El Gringo Loco.Take your food to go, or stick around and enjoy it with others! Indoor seating will be available in the BioVentures Center conference rooms, along with outdoor tables and chairs (weather permitting).About El Gringo Loco:El Gringo Loco specializes in tasty street tacos, burritos, quesadillas, flautas, and other Mexican delights.Details:Tuesday, Sept. 1611:30 a.m.–1:30 p...

Cobalt Quartet

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 12:00pm
Voxman Music Building
Cobalt Horn QuartetJena Gardner, HornKatie Johnson-Webb, HornCaroline Steiger, HornKaty Ambrose, HornThis concert is free and open to the public.

Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Bowen Science Building
Seminar Series

Stress Management Workshop

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 5:00pm to 6:00pm
Boyd Law Building
This stress management workshop will be held on all five Tuesday evenings of September. The workshop provides law students with an opportunity to explore the most common mental health challenges that law students face. The rationale for this exploration is simple: engaging with the content and procedure of legal work can take a toll on one’s ability to maintain their mental health; confronting this reality in law school allows future lawyers to equip themselves with the awareness, coping...
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Special Topics in Politics - Strategizing and Leading Campaigns & Political Movements

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 5:30pm to 8:00pm
Schaeffer Hall
Introduction to the world of political campaigns and movement building. Learn the fundamentals of campaign roles, messaging, field and digital strategy, and mechanics of fundraising and GOTV. Whether exploring a career in politics or aiming to drive change from the ground up, this class will equip you with the tools and perspective to make an impact.

OWLSS Mentorship Kick-off Meet & Greet at Big Grove Brewery

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Big Grove Brewery
Restoring the Sacred: A Native Youth and Healing Symposium promotional image

Restoring the Sacred: A Native Youth and Healing Symposium

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 (all day)
Drury Inn and Suites
Through sessions on intergenerational healing, culturally grounded interventions, and trauma-informed leadership, this two-day event focuses on what has been sacred all along: the strength, wisdom, and resilience of Native communities. Join us in a space of truth-telling, renewal, and collective power that emphasizes healing pathways rooted in tradition, heritage, and connection.Who should attend:• Students and professionals in behavioral, public, tribal/urban Indian, and community health• Pre-K...
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Fresh Check Day

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 10:00am to 4:00pm
Hubbard Park
Fresh Check Day is a campus-wide mental health fair. Fresh Check Day is unique from more traditional programs around mental health in that it combines a fun, fair-like atmosphere with constructive conversation around mental health and wellness and suicide prevention. It also helps students get connected with important campus resources.It is held at the Hubbard Park where various interactive booths are combined with music, games, prizes, food, and other giveaways. Some of the main goals are to...
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Study Hall

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 10:00am to 12:00pm
University of Iowa Museum of Natural History
Students! Each week this semester we're setting out cushions, free study supplies, and snacks in the Museum of Natural History for you to take a break and fit in some study time. Take the stairs or the elevator in Macbride Hall to the third floor and join us on the north side in Bird Hall.The best way to stay ahead and meet your goals this semester is to be intentional about study time. Slowing down, spending time in creative, calm spaces, finding others who dedicate time to their work (remember...

REDCap MyCap Training

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 10:00am to 11:00am
Virtual
This is the fifth step in the REDCap training series. In this training, we will discuss using the MyCap mobile app for data collection. We will cover features such as: Creating participants Creating tasks and schedules Active tasks and their unique data output Direct messages and announcements This training is a demo and not hands-on. After this training, you will have a basic understanding of the MyCap mobile app for REDCap. Register by clicking the virtual event link above or by going...
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Hardin Open Workshops - EndNote Desktop (In-Person and Zoom)

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
Hardin Library for Health Sciences
EndNote is a reference management tool that helps you to easily gather together your references in one place, organize them, and then insert them into papers and format them in a style of your choosing. This session will walk you through the basics of using EndNote to collect and format your citations. The class will be hands-on, and there will be time for questions at the end.PLEASE NOTEAdvance registration is required to participate on Zoom. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link 30 minutes...

Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Data Blitz

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Psychological and Brain Sciences Building
BCN graduate students will present updates on their research projects in brief 5-minute presentations.

College of Public Health Outstanding Alumni Award Presentation

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 12:30pm to 1:20pm
College of Public Health Building
The 2025 College of Public Health Outstanding Alumni Award will be presented to Robsan Halkeno Tura (21PhD Community and Behavioral Health), assistant commissioner of health for the Health Improvement Bureau at the Minnesota Department of Health. After the award presentation a Q&A discussion with Dr. Tura will follow.Lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis.For the virtual option, register here to receive the Zoom webinar link.

Lawyers & Leaders: Civility Matters

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 12:40pm to 1:40pm
Boyd Law Building
American Board of Trial Advocates members will facilitate this educational and entertaining program aimed at increasing civility and courtesy in the legal profession.This event is open to current University of Iowa College of Law students. Attendance at one Lawyers & Leaders program each semester is one requirement for membership in the Pro Bono Society.

Research Assistant Training

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 12:45pm to 1:30pm
Boyd Law Building
Faculty Research Assistant Training for 2025-2026
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Maximizing Pivot to Find Funding and Collaborators (September 2025)

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Hardin Library for Health Sciences
Do you want to maximize your time spent searching for funding opportunities or potential project collaborators? Join us to learn how Pivot can save you time and effort in identifying the right funding opportunities for your research lines as well as identifying collaborators with the relevant expertise.Register here. The RDO will send a calendar invitation and room location upon registration.
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Sharon Van Etten in Conversation

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 1:00pm
Old Capitol Museum
TICKETSFree and open to the public. No ticket requiredPart of Hancher's Infinite Dream festivalPart of Hancher's 53rd seasonFor over 15 years, Sharon Van Etten has been a creature of evolution, her music moving across modes and styles. Her latest, self-titled record was conceived with a new band, The Attachment Theory. Join Van Etten as she discusses her latest work and the arc of her career.Seating opens at 12:30 p.m.Sharon Van Etten website

AI Prompting (Advanced): Elevating your Craft

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Virtual
Take your prompting skills to the next level in this advanced AI prompting session. Designed for users who already understand the basics, this session dives deeper into prompt engineering techniques to generate more precise, creative, and impactful generative artificial intelligence responses.Participants will explore advanced prompting strategies including multi-step task execution, structured output formatting, and iterative refinement through practical application and project development. The...

Fall 2025 IRB Office Hours

Wednesday, September 17, 2025 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Virtual
HSO Staff will be available to:Answer questions about conducting human subjects research.Provide guidance and answer questions about the electronic application forms in the HawkIRB system.Provide suggestions and guidance about study procedures that are in compliance with federal regulations and the UI IRB policies.Provide guidance and answer questions about the submission of industry-initiated and industry-sponsored research projects to an external/commercial or central IRB
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